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Dog Ways Dog Ways offers Mantrailing training, Canicross classes, and Dog Training in 121 and group settings
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Another fabulous scentwork Saturday for today's teams, starting with Simba and Indie, who came along to do some demo wor...
27/09/2025

Another fabulous scentwork Saturday for today's teams, starting with Simba and Indie, who came along to do some demo work for tracking and got to work on the back field for the first time. Always great to see how these two improve with every session 😊

In the afternoon we had Scent Detection class, where we transitioned Blaze onto searching for Kong, which he thought was the most fun thing ever! 😆 Teams Boudie, Burt and Sassie worked Kong finds in the stables and then in the woodpile outside, and finished up with a quick catnip search in the back field. Everyone aced the exercises set out for then, and it was fab to see them all working in new areas and keep their focus while having fun.

Great work today, everyone! 💜

Tuesday evening trailers Bella and Homer were joined by Zar, and everyone did a fantastic job of finding their trail lay...
24/09/2025

Tuesday evening trailers Bella and Homer were joined by Zar, and everyone did a fantastic job of finding their trail layers in a very sniffy environment! Other than Bella deciding the river REALLY needed a good swimming, each team was paw-perfect throughout the evening. 😁

Better luck next time, Bella!

Here at Dog Ways HQ we love a good bargain, so when we spotted these little magnetic running lights for £4 at Aldi today...
22/09/2025

Here at Dog Ways HQ we love a good bargain, so when we spotted these little magnetic running lights for £4 at Aldi today, we couldn't resist picking up a pack!

They look to be a good size for clipping onto the straps of a dog's harness, so we'll test them while out mantrailing in the dark and report back on their effectiveness 🫡

A glorious and sunny day for our trailing teams... and although you can't tell from these pictures, half of the venue wa...
21/09/2025

A glorious and sunny day for our trailing teams... and although you can't tell from these pictures, half of the venue was under water and inaccessible thanks to yesterday's downpour! 😱

That didn't stop Cooper and Dougal from doing an amazing job putting their beagle noses to use to find their trail layers, though! And new girl Skyla came along for her introduction session - we got to see her confidence start to shine through as she became more and more comfortable hunting down people she hadnt met before 🥰

A lovely morning with some lovely people and dogs. What more can you ask for on a Sunday?

This morning was day 2 of our Bronze Tracking Series 1 workshop, in which teams Jude, Lando, Alfie and Burt completed ...
20/09/2025

This morning was day 2 of our Bronze Tracking Series 1 workshop, in which teams Jude, Lando, Alfie and Burt completed their first level of tracking. Unusually, there was no wind at the venue today, so the dogs had a completely different environmental situation to last week... including a bit of a downpour towards lunch time!

It was fantastic to see how much progress the dogs made, not just from last week but from their first track of the day. By the end of the session we had some lovely straight and very accurate tracking from everyone 💜

We followed up with Scent Detection, with new dog Blaze coming for an introduction session, and Burt revisiting his passive searching after a couple of months of working on active searches outdoors. Both dogs were amazing, super-focused and keen to use their noses.

Pictures are few and far between because my phone does not like biblical style flooding 😅

❓ Did You Know ❓Our Puppy classes started at Mellor Village Hall in the winter of 2021, just as we were properly coming ...
19/09/2025

❓ Did You Know ❓

Our Puppy classes started at Mellor Village Hall in the winter of 2021, just as we were properly coming out of lockdown and many people were still practicing social distancing.

Over the past four years, we've had over 150 puppies and their humans come through our doors and complete the Foundation and/or Junior class, with clients attending from all across East Lancashire.

Our two-handler policy allows a puppy mum and dad to train together, or a parent and child to learn at the same time through hands-on, practical training with their pup.

Some of our earliest puppies are still with us today, participating in other classes and activities such as Scent Detection, Tricks Training, Mantrailing, and Tracking. Others we've referred on to other trainers for activities we don't offer ourselves, such as Hoopers, Agility, Competition Obedience, and Heelwork to Music.

We also offer 1:1 training for those pet parents who feel they could benefit from additional support as their dog passes through adolescence and into adulthood.

Tonight, two more lovely puppies graduated from Foundation Class with flying colours, and will be moving onto Junior Class to further hone their skills.

Our next intake of both Foundation and Junior classes commences Friday 3rd October, at 5.45pm and 6.30pm respectively.

If you have a new pup, or a junior dog who might benefit from training in a class environment, why not check out what's involved and get in touch if you'd like to know more about how we train. 🐶

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Pics from Tuesday evening trailing session, where teams Albie, Bella and Homer had a great night sniffing out those huma...
19/09/2025

Pics from Tuesday evening trailing session, where teams Albie, Bella and Homer had a great night sniffing out those humans who always seem to get lost no matter how many times the dogs find them 😆

A fun, chilled session after the challenge of the previous week's 1k mixed terrain trails! 💜

Not great picture quality because I unknowingly had mushy dog biscuit smeared on my camera lens. The glamourous life of a dog trainer 🙄

Since the weather is a little bit rubbish today, here are some sunshine pics of our last Saturday scent activities!In th...
16/09/2025

Since the weather is a little bit rubbish today, here are some sunshine pics of our last Saturday scent activities!

In the morning we had four brand new teams begin their UK Sniffer Dogs Bronze Series 1 Tracking workshop, teaching the handlers the skills they need to lay tracks and how to interpret canine body language on the track. Fantastic to see teams Lando, Burt, Alfie and Jude enjoy using those noses!

In the afternoon scent detection class, we set out some challenging exercises to really test Burt's understanding. First a scent discrimination exercise on items scented with catnip vs. unscented items. When he aced that, we used the environment to see if he could navigate a scent cone and ignore unscented items to reach his find - and he managed it easily! Finally we had a mixture of twenty high and low finds for him to work out, and he managed them all without any issue.

A brilliant day, and I can't wait to continue with these boys next week! 💜

15/09/2025

First walk of the day. Willow thinks 40mph winds and horizontal rain is perfect husky weather.

I was slightly less impressed 😖⛈️

During last night's trailing session we had the opportunity to test the dogs' stamina over 1k trails, and wow did they r...
10/09/2025

During last night's trailing session we had the opportunity to test the dogs' stamina over 1k trails, and wow did they really shine! 🤩

Homer's trail involved a LOT of distractions (Great Danes automatically attract attention just by existing) including people, dogs, cats, bikes and his greatest challenge, litter! Previously he'd pick up and try to destroy/eat any discarded wrappers and cartons he found, but he worked past it all, made great decisions, and focused for the full kilometre.

Bella's trail had lots of junctions to slow her down and get her to think. Despite taking one wrong turn, she was able to pick up the air scent from the next street and get herself back on track, and when she lost the trail in the park, she recovered it and gave a great proximity alert which meant we knew we were close to her trail layer.

Willow had a couple of junctions and a busy road crossing, and nailed it right up until the end of the trail... when about 50 scouts and their parents flooded out of the building where her trail layer was hiding and made it impossible for her to get to where she needed to be, at which point we brought the trail layer out for a quick fire up and reward.

Super work from all teams last night. We don't do 1k trails on regular sessions very often, as they take time to lay, run and walk back from, but last night was the perfect opportunity to get some practise in, and the dogs thoroughly enjoyed their time out. 😍

We had a spaniel day during yesterday's Scent Detection class, with teams Louie, Burt and Jasper working on searching di...
07/09/2025

We had a spaniel day during yesterday's Scent Detection class, with teams Louie, Burt and Jasper working on searching different topographies and terrains to add an additional 3D element into their search work. Much brain power was used, as the dogs navigated tricky and natural obstacles and had to ignore the scent of wildlife. Three very tired but happy spaniels by the end of the session! 💜

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